Sentences with phrase «descendants of the first peoples»

This was recognition and equal respect for what we distinctly are: descendants of the first peoples of this land.
Our countries are both still coming to terms with their colonial pasts and rooting out colonial attitudes that undermine the modern relationships between the descendants of the First peoples and the newcomers.

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The people of Israel, the descendants of Abraham, read of themselves in the stories of their first patriarch.
God first tells Abram that the birds of prey will take Abram's descendants away, but when the time is right, the people will come back into the land.
Can I, due to my beliefs, not hire black people because they are cursed descendants of Ham, cursed by god for the first murder?
Unlike most other Westerosi, who are descended from the Andals and the First Men, the Martells are descendants of the Rhoynar, a people who didn't practice primogeniture.
«The more people know, the better off we are, «said Conley, whose company, the descendant of the first diaper service in the country, is part of the Sketchley corporation «s network of 20 diaper services and laundries.
These discriminations and lack of opportunities affect the most impoverished, in particular youth / children, first nations, afro descendants, women, rural and coastal peoples, older adults, persons with special situations and challenges.
A direct descendant of Rebecca Nurse, the last person to be tried and hanged during the Salem witch trials, and Ann R. Putnam, one of her accusers, his first novel, Salem VI, is an altogether modern take on Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
It is one of the most important historical sites in the Western Cape, also holding claim to having the earliest evidence of the presence of sheep - herding Khoi people, whose descendants were the first to erect settlements in the Gansbaai area.
Anantara Phuket Villas can arrange visits to the heart of the island's historic district for guests to discover local markets, temples, and interact with descendants of the Koh Sireh people, Phuket's first inhabitants.
The person with the first right to act as estate trustee is the spouse of the deceased, followed by adult children, then any other adult descendants, then the parents of the deceased, then the adult siblings.
The Métis are a distinct cultural group of native peoples who are descendants of mixed First Nation and European heritage.
Arabena, who is a descendant of the Meriam people of the Torres Strait, was a founding co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples.
Human rights have a special importance for the Aboriginal people of Western Australia, as descendants of Australia's first peoples, with their diverse spiritual social, cultural and economic relationship with their traditional lands and waters.
An Aboriginal man who grew up on the far north coast of NSW and a descendant of the reprehensible slave trade with connections to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, Sol Bellear AM was a true activist and justice warrior for First Nations people.
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